Logging device



D.-G. MANGES.

LOGGING DEVICE.

APPLlcAlon man sEPLz. 1 911. nzuiwso ocT. 19.1921.

Patented Mar. 28, 1922.

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Patented Mar. 28, 1922.

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LOGGlNGDEVICE.

'APPucATtoN man SEPT. 21. 1911. nznzwen oc. 19,1921.

Patented Mar. 28, 1922.

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J2 3546 sa ,4 TTORNEYS Y"hafvi'i'ig a combination of connecting lpinions Y f iictionally controlled forY VpermittingtheA speed to be changedto eliminate friction, and wherein the pinions are operated inal-vr 'ternat'ion to interlock the `same, to prevent n operation of on'ewhile the other isv in j-opertion, ay car or truck 1 isvprovided having'l UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlc.E.

V-IDKIFFGIEJ'RAIRD MANGES, 0F TELLICO PLAINS, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR T0 LIDGERWOOD `JVIANUF;(TUBING- COMIPANY7 OF N EW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION'OF NEW IYORK.'

' LoGGiNG DEVICE. v

Specification ofiLetters Patent. Patented hllr. 2S, 1922.

Application filed September 27,' 1917, Serial No. 193,551. Renewed October 1.9, 13921.- Serial No. 508,830.

f To all whom t may concern y"'Be vit known that I, DUFF G. Maxenaa citizen of the United States, and a resident Vof' 'l"ellico Plains, in the .countyof Monroe vand State -of Tennessee, have invented new and useful Improvements 1n Logging Devices, of which the following is a specification.

, invention is ana improvement in logging devices, and has for its objeztto pro- -vide mechanism in connection with a power foperated logging device for permitting a vseries of drums to bel operated fromasingle "engine l v Ai further object of the invention is to4 Vprovidea series of drums in connection with Vthe enfrine "for Uu in ur oses, )laced b b t Vabovefand behind the other drums, so that I .ft-he lines will not interfere With the lines' the presentinstanoe, hasfa radial varm l2,

,ivhich Iis adaptedft befconnectedtofone ofV gthe'openingsvin asector 13` arranged 0n..the e bed ,plate 14 for the engine.;l lThis section g `V 13 V,has a V series of openings, and the larmV n12;y 80

from the main drums. Y

f Avfurthe'r object `of the inventionis'to pro, vide an adjustable bed frame for the enr`gine Ito permit the vdrums to be readily'alined- .with .the sheaves and spar. f yA further objectfis to provideanengine ation. Y In the drawings:

Figure lis a diagrammaticsideyiew of; j

- f5 or 6 may be connected to -theshafh and Figure 3 is an enlarged side view of thedriving mechanism Figure 4 is a section onthe line 1- 4 of vFigure 3;

Figure 4;

Figure 6 is a section on Figure 5; v.Figure atingr mechanism for the clutch; and

' Figure 8 is Va section on the line 8 8 of Figurefi. Y

y In the present embodiment tof'th'einven- Figure 5 isa section on the line 5-5 of the line y 6-.-6 of supporting wheels 2, and upon the car is mounted a motor 3. asteam engine in the present instance, said engine being `of the l, ,Y

clutch sections' away: from auch other, and

usuari. Seonstructen.- fThefen'gine shaft 4 is 7 is a perspective view of the operprovided vwith pinionsf and 6 near its ends,

the pinion 5 being ofgrea'ter'diameterfthan ythe pinion ,6, and Vthe said lpinions are loose on the shaft. Each pinion has -connected v ltherewithone of tlie'elements? of a `friction clutch, the other element 8 being feathered vvon ythe shaft, and being normally spring 'adjacent faces of the sections are beveled vin opposite'directions, so that when the sections are moved'angularly `withfrespectto each other 'from the position of `,Figure 5,'the sections 8 `of .the yclutches will be moved Linto contact with the sections 7 to conneotthe pinion `5 or 6, a'svthe' case maybe, rto ,the

shaft 4. "On ofthe sections, thesectionrll,V

'hasan' opening adapted to register 'with ,one of the' openings ofthesector and to be conwith respect :to the shaft.

" A lever 16 vis pi'voted intermediateiitsenjds 'thesections' 10 'of the collars, It will `beevident that by swinging the link eithervpinion since the clutches fare operated in alternation, before one may -be placed in operative position the other must be released. Thus ,either pinionl`5 or 6 may be secured to the shaft,"but before one can be secured to the shaft the other must be released.

The y clutches'are operated lby'a steam vcylinder 19, Whose piston is connected to one 1nectedjto the said lopening by :a 'boltandnut i115, Thusthe Ysection ..1 may 'be' .adjusted 4in front -of-the shaft 4..' and this .lever 'is conl,n'ecte'd by links 17 4with'radial arms 18,Y on

end off-the lever by a link 20, l The pinions l "5 and 6 mesh with pinions 2.1,gand l22.y the former being journaled loosely on the shaft 23 rmounted in the frame 24 :in which the shaft f4 is j ournaled. the said frame being a on the` shaft Q3. The drum 25 `carries one elementfbeing.carried by the gear Wheel 2 1.

lpart ofthe bed-plate 14, andthe latter pinion 22 issecured to a drum 25 4feathered rA ycoil spring' .27-norma11y presses the E the sections are moved toward each other by means of'a threaded rod 28 which has engagement with a nut 29 secured to thevfiame 24 at the end of the shaft remote from the clutch. This rod passes through the chambered end yof the shaft 23 and bearsv against a cross pin 31'engaging a transverse slot inthe shaft 23. l

'A lever 32 is secured to the outer end of the rod 28, and it will be evident that when the rod is turned in the proper direction the drumv will be moved toward the pinion 31 to connect the drum to the pinion, and when the rod is turned in the opposite diref'tion the spring 27 will release the parts. Thus by means ofthe lever 32 the drum 25 mayl drum 36'carries one Vofthe sections 40 ofv :ifri'ction clutch, thevother .section 41 being feathered 4on the shaft, and acoil spring 32 normally presses the sections away from `each.ot,her. The drums 37 and' 38carry sections 43v off'friction'," 'clutches vwhich] are f normall pressed :away from'leach other by. a: coil e '5' springy 44. These sections 43 are similar,

" "section fixed with respect'to the sections.

43, the ,arrangementbeing such that eitherv j drumk 37 'or 38 and, its supported clutch sec' tion may be moved` towardthevsection- 44` andthey lco-operate with a doiible clutch to connect the vsaid drum with ther/shaft 34. The drums yare moved toward and from the feathered clutchl sections, it being un-y fderstoodithat the section 44 is Ysecured-to the shaft torotate therewith, bymeans of y the 'same mechanism as that 'shown in Figures v6 and 7, andl designated generally at 46. This controlling mechanism is operated by 'suitable means (not shown) for-connecting either of the three druins'to theshaft to tighten or' loosen the guy wires 47 which wind thereon. Y V- t .It will be noticed from an inspection of Figure 1 that the guy e u wires 47 are connected with the cables 48 by blocks 49, so'thatI leverage is obtained to tighten the Vcables. The drum 50 :is journaled on the bed vplate14 of the engine, just in frontof the drum 25and a gear wheel 51v at the en d vof rthe 'drum' connects thesaid drumV with the pinion or gear wheel 21 of the shaftl v.23.

The-drum 50 vis the receding l drinn for moving the' bicycle or trolley 53 away fromthe mast and vhave a clutchj-as shown V4in Figure 2.l This bicycle ortiolleyv runs 65j i'iponya'supporting cable 54, and themcable vthat they vmay InOVe which winds upon the drum 5() lpasses from the saiddrum 5() over a pulley 56on the mast to andlover apulley 57 on `Ian anchor at a suitable distance from the mast, the opposite end of the cable from the drum being connected to the trolley, as indicated at 58. lVhen the trolley is moved toward the mast by means of the skidding cable 59 to which are connected the grapples GO for engaging the log 61, v the drum 50'pa`ys out the cable 55, and when the trolley is returned to grapple a log, it is returned by the cable 55. Another cable 60 is con-v nected to a drum 61 journaled on theengine bed plate 14, and the said drum is the slack drum, This drum 61 is connected vto the drum 5() by means of a pinion or gear wheel 62 which meshes with the gear wheel .or

pinion 51 before mentioned. The cable 60v from the drum 61 passes over fa pulley 63V on the mast, and from, thence around a pulley 64- on the trolley to a connection with l.ure 2 on arcs whosecenterfis the center of,

movement Vof lthe bed'zplatefad VtheV bd,

plate has flanges 68 at thesaid ends. VThese flanges 'engage beneath holdingplates 70 on -tie cai, and other holdingV plates V7,1 are provided Latthe sidesf of'ithe bed' plate, the

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said holdingV platesengagingfjover vlateral flanges 7201i the-bed plate. y; *Y l the free edges of the'flanges .72 are curved or are shaped, S0V beneath theV holding It -will bei` noticedA that' plate 7 0 with thebedfplate. "The bed plate is moved by` meansiofa threaded rod 73 whichisjournaledlin bearings 74 on the cai 1 and at the holding plates 70. The threaded portion ofthe rod `is en ga-ged by a nut 75, which has oppositely. ei:- tending pins engaging slots in an arm Y6 in which the sleeve is held, the said armA extending longitudinally from the bed plate. The

outer end of the rod has a capstan' wheel 7 7` for turning the rod, and it will be obvious that by turning Fthe rod in theproper direction the bed plate may be swungin either direction to properly aline the samewith the mast.

A series of auxiliary or utility drums78 is journaled on the -car in front of thebed plate, and the said drums have gear wheels 79 which mesh with each other. lTliegear wheel ofthe forward drum 78 meshes with a gear wheel or pinion'80 onashaft 81 joui'- naled on the cai', and this pinion, which is vloose on the shaft, maybe connected thereto A12oV by the frict-ion clutch indicated at 8.2sinii-VV lar to thatshown iaFgurefjaIid .Operated by similar mechanism, indicated at 83. The shaft Sl has a bevel gear 84C at one end outside of the supporting frame of the car, and this gear meshes with a similar gear 85 on a linev shaft 8G which is jonrnaledin bearings 87 extending laterally from the frame. This line shaft 86 is connected by a double universal joint S8 with a shaft 89 journaled on the supporting frame 2a of the bed plate lil, and the shaft 89 has a bevel gear 9() which meshes with a similar gear 91 on the outer end of the drum 61. The line shaftS is thus driven from the drum 6l, and since the shaft 9:2 between the double universal joint is a telescoping shaft, the relative movement of the bed `plate with respect to the car does not affect the driving of the line shaft. This line shaft has another bevel gear 93 which meshes with a similar gear 94 on a shaft 95 journaled parallel with the shaft 8l and in front of the same.'

The shaft 95 has loosel thereon a pinion 96 whichmay be connected to the shaft by a clutch 9T similar to the clutch shown in F igure 5, and controlled by similar mechanism indicated at 98A The pinion 96 meshesl with a gea-r wheel 99 onthe shaft of areel 100 which is mounted below the mast, and upon which windsthe cable 54- upon which the trolley runs, the opposite end of the cablev from the drum being connected to an anchor.

I claim: Y

Al. In a logging device, the combination with the car and the mast carried thereby, of a bed plate carrying' the engine and the drums and movable angularly with respect to the car on a center intermediate the ends of the bed plate, guides on the car for the bed plate, said guides having arc shaped flanges overlying the bed plate, and means for swinging the bed plate, said means comprising a screw journaled on the cai` and a nut carried by the bed plate at one end thereof through which the screw passes.

2. In a logging device, the combination with the carv and the mast, the drums, of a bed plate carrying the engine and mounted to swing on the car on an axis vertical to the bed plate and car, means for swinging the bed plate, a line shaft on the car having a driving connection with the drums, a shaft on the bed plate driven by the engine, and a double universal joint telescoping connection between the line shaft and the said last named shaft. l

DUFF GERARD MANGES; 

